DFS Seeadler

DFS Seeadler
Role	Flying boat sailplane
National origin	Germany
Manufacturer	Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug
Designer	Hans Jacobs
First flight	12 November 1936

The DFS Seeadler (Sea Eagle) was a German flying boat sailplane designed by Hans Jacobs^[1] of the Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug (DFS). It was version of the 1935 DFS Rhönadler, with a new fuselage and strongly gulled wings to keep them clear from spray.^[2] The aircraft was first flown in the summer of 1935, test piloted by Hanna Reitsch,^[3]:105 and towed by a Dornier Do 12.^[4]

Specifications

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 7.42 m (24 ft 4 in)
• Wingspan: 17.36 m (56 ft 11 in)
• Width: 1.1 m (3 ft 7 in)
• Height: 2.21 m (7 ft 3 in)
• Wing area: 18 m² (190 sq ft)
• Gross weight: 240 kg (529 lb)

Performance

• Wing loading: 18 kg/m² (3.7 lb/sq ft)

References

1. Air Pictorial (Air League of the British Empire) 24: 85. 1962. Missing or empty |title= (help)
2. Simons, Martin (2006). Sailplanes 1920-1945 (2nd revised ed.). Königswinter: EQIP Werbung & Verlag GmbH. p. 110. ISBN 3 9806773 4 6.
3. Reitsch, H., 1955, The Sky My Kingdom, London: Biddles Limited, Guildford and King's Lynn, ISBN 1853672629
4. "Dornier Do. 12" (in Russian). Уголок неба. Retrieved August 19, 2009.